Lamentations 3:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 17:15 : 15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
Ps 31:22 : 22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Ps 116:11 : 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
Job 6:11 : 11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be {H5315} patient?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:17
81%
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
Job 17:15
80%
15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Job 19:9-10
2 verses
79%
9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
10He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
Ps 38:10
78%
10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Lam 3:19
78%
19Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Ps 31:9-10
2 verses
77%
9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
Job 6:11
77%
11What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be {H5315} patient?
Ps 143:4
77%
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Ps 39:7
76%
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
Job 6:13
76%
13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
Lam 3:21
76%
21This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
Jer 8:18
76%
18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
Lam 3:24
75%
24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Ps 22:15
75%
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Lam 3:11
75%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Job 7:6
75%
6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.
Ps 38:15
75%
15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
Ps 119:81-82
2 verses
74%
81KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
82Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
Ps 43:2
74%
2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Job 17:11
74%
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Ps 31:22
74%
22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Lam 1:13-14
2 verses
74%
13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Job 30:16
74%
16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Ps 71:5
74%
5For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: [Thou art] my trust from my youth.
Ps 102:23
74%
23He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
Jonah 2:4
73%
4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Isa 38:12
73%
12My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Ps 22:19
73%
19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Job 17:1
73%
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
Ps 102:11
73%
11My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
Ps 31:14
73%
14But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.
Isa 38:10
73%
10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Lam 1:20
73%
20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Lam 3:54
73%
54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Ps 130:5
73%
5I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope.
Ps 22:1
73%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Job 30:19
72%
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Lam 1:16
72%
16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.
Jer 10:19-20
2 verses
72%
19Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
20My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
Ps 102:4
72%
4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
Ps 38:17
72%
17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
Jer 17:17
72%
17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
Ps 42:9
72%
9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 69:20
72%
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
Job 16:7
72%
7But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.